Install Troubleshooting Guide

FineBuild can install and configure the Troubleshooting Guide as part of the SQL Server install process.
If you do not want to include the Troubleshooting Guide in your FineBuild install, then do not download it.

Troubleshooting Guide is written by Microsoft. It was chosen to be included in FineBuild because it provides Microsoft best practice information on troubleshooting problems with SQL Server.

FineBuild Troubleshooting Guide Install

Automated silent installation of Troubleshooting Guide is performed by Process Id
4TH and is controlled by the parameters below:

Install Parameter

Build

SQL2005

SQL2008

SQL2008R2

SQL2012

SQL2014

SetupTrouble

FULL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

No

No

No

No

No

SetupTrouble

WORKSTATION

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupTrouble

CLIENT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

In order to maintain compatibility with older versions of SQL FineBuild, the parameters
InstTrouble and InstSQLTools can also be used.

FineBuild also uses the following parameters to help install Troubleshooting Guide:

Parameter

SQL Version

Default Value

Description

TroublePDF

SQL 2005

Troubleshooting Performance Problems SQL2005.pdf

Name of Troubleshooting Guide file

TroublePDF

SQL 2008 and above

Troubleshooting Performance Problems SQL2008.pdf

Name of Troubleshooting Guide file

Troubleshooting Guide will only be installed with CLIENT and WORKSTATION builds, but not with a
FULL build.
If you want to install it with a FULL build, the following parameter should be added at run time:

/SetupSQLTools:Yes

The FineBuild install for Troubleshooting Guide includes the following:

Perform a Troubleshooting Guide install

Add a menu item for Troubleshooting Guide to the Tutorials menu.

Manual Troubleshooting Guide Install

The following steps show what you would have to do to install Troubleshooting Guide manually. FineBuild does all of this work for you automatically.